"Grow old together with you? Me?" Jiang Lifeng slowly lowered his head, his expression dismissive. "How do you intend to prove we ever shared such a past?"
Even though quite a few people at the Ding Residence had seen him before, testimony from friends and relatives could not be trusted entirely. Everyone knew that.
Ding Ruihan clearly realized this too. Her face grew visibly paler, but she still stiffened her neck and said, "Then how are you going to prove you weren't the one who gave me that Jade Pendant?!"
She had no way to prove they had once sworn such vows of eternal love, but did he have any way to prove they hadn't?!
Jiang Lifeng was stunned for a moment when that boomerang struck him.
Jiang Yingcheng watched, dumbfounded. [Wh-what clever sophistry!]
That classic old joke from her previous life-"How do you prove your mother is your mother?"-suddenly sprang to mind. Jiang Yingcheng nearly applauded Ding Ruihan!
[Sure enough, truly clever people never get trapped into proving themselves. They always toss the question back at someone else!]
But-
[Sister Ruihan doesn't even know Brother Lifeng's real name...]
Where Ding Ruihan could not hear her, Jiang Yingcheng unleashed three soul-searching questions-
[If he's given her such an important gift, they must already be discussing marriage, right? Then...]
[Does she know Brother Lifeng's true identity?]
[If they're already discussing marriage, why would she still go boating on the lake and casually board someone else's pleasure boat?!]
[If she really accepted that Jade Pendant as a gift, then where is such an important pendant now? It was bestowed by the late emperor. Surely she isn't going to say she carelessly lost it?]
Each of those three questions was simple, clear, and struck straight at the heart of the matter. Unfortunately, her